Showing posts with label washington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label washington. Show all posts

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

Pickin' Some Music

Do you need to hear some cajun music?
Just look at the top right of our blog to find some
fine cajun music. 
Just sit back on the porch and tap your toes!

Our New Backyard

We are movin'! 
Our Crawfish Boil will be at our new address this year!
We are very excited!  Hope to see ya'll there!
Saturday @ 3PM
July 27th, 2013

Monday, April 8, 2013

Looking Forward to the Next Crawfish Boil

Are 'ya gettin'ready to party?  Bruce and Hallie's
Annual Crawafish Boil is comin' up!
Mark your calendars for:

Saturday, JULY 27th 2013

Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Washington Facts

Since we are having our Crawfish Boil in Washington state, I thought you would enjoy some fun facts about Washington too.....

  • The state of Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.
  • Seattle is home to the first revolving restaurant, 1961.
  • Washington state produces more apples than any other state in the union.
  • The highest point in Washington is Mount Rainier. It was named after Peter Rainier, a British soldier who fought against the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
  • The oldest operating gas station in the United States is in Zillah.
  • Washington's state insect is the Green Darner Dragonfly.
  • The world's first soft-serve ice cream machine was located in an Olympia Dairy Queen.
  • During the Great Depression, a series of hydroelectric dams were constructed along the Columbia river as part of a project to increase the production of electricity. This culminated in 1941 with the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam, the largest dam in the United States
  • Popular games Pictionary, Pickle-ball, and Cranium were all invented in Washington.
  • Seattle was the first city in the US to play a Beatles song on the radio.
  • Seattle was the first American city to put police on bicycles.